Soldering-iron holder and heater.



PATENTED JUNE 25l 1907.

G. SOMMER.v

APPLICATION FILED IANA), 1907.

Hulollnl ,4 TTUH/VEYS rus mmm: Pen-Rs a., wAsmNamNl D c SOI-'.DERINGv IRON HOLDER AND HEATER WITNESSES purrm) STATES CHARLES SOMMER,

PATENT OFFICE.

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SOLDERlNG-IRON HOLDER AND HEATER.

.To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CI-IARLEs SOMMER, a

citizen of the United States, and residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Soldering- Iron Holders and Heaters, of which the following is a specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to devices or furnaces for holding and heating a soldering iron or irons, and the object thereof is to pro-v vide an improved device of this class which is simple in construction and operation and comparatively inexpensive and by means of which one or more soldering irons may be heated at the same time; a further object being to provide a soldering iron holder and heater having a chamber in which the soldering iron is adapted to be placed and provided with a heater composed of a gas burner, or burner tube, provided with a valve which is opened when the soldering iron is in position for heating and closed when the soldering iron is removed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompa nyingv drawing forms a part, in which the Separate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which;-

Figure 1 is a sectional side view of my improved soldering iron holder or heater; Fig. 2 a sectional end view thereof; and, Fig. 3 a sectional plan view of the front end portion thereof.

In the practice of my invention, I provide a furnace or furnace casing a supported by legs a2, and in the form of construction shown, the furnace or furnace casing a is divided into two longitudinal compartments c3 by means of a central vertical partition a4. The front end of the Jfurnace or furnace cas ing c is open in the form of construction shown, and in the bottom of each of the compartments c3 is placed a gas burner, or burner tube, b provided at its front end with -a Bunscn burner head b2 with which is connected a gas supply pipe b3, with which is connected a vertically arranged valve coupling o, with which is connected a tubular coupling b5 formed at its outer end, as shown at b, into a nozzle to receive an ordinary fleXible gas supply tube. The tubular coupling b5 is provided, as shown, with an ordinary Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 25, 1907.

,1907. semaine. 351.430.

` valve t7 and the vertically arranged valve l coupling b4 with a vertically movable slide valve c.

' At the front end of the furnace is a projecting table member d which covers the Bunsen burner attachment b2 and the connections Z and b4 and the vertically movable valve c, and the table d is provided with openings dz in which are hinged vertically movable doors cl3, the hinges of said doors being adjacent to the furnace or furnace casing a as shown at d4,

lVithin the compartments a3 of the furnace, or furnace casing, and at the opposite sides of the burner, or burner tubes, b are inclined supports c on which a soldering iron may be placed, and pivoted below the front end of the burner, or burner tubes, l) as shown at f are levers g, the shorter arms g2 of which project forwardly of the furnace, or furnace casing, and are provided with reduced end portions g3 which pass through apertures c2 in the lower end of the vertically movable valves c, the opposite sides of said apertures being counter-sunk are tapered, and the longer arms of the levers g extend back- Wardly beneath the furnace or furnace casing and are provided with weights ffL adapted to be adjusted to different positions on said arms.

The hinged or pivoted doors d3 normally rest on the upper ends of the vertically movable valves c and the gas supplied to the burner tubes b is normally cut off as shown in Fig. l. l/Vhen the irons are to be heated they are inserted into the furnace casing or chamber and the supports c hold them directly over the burner or burner tubes I) and the handle portions thereof rest on the doors d3 and the weight thereof depresses the valve c so as to cause the ports or passages in said valves to register with the tubes b3. The gas from the burner or burner tubes b is then ignited, and after the soldering irons are heated they are removed from the furnace or furnace casing and the weights gr4 and levers g operate to raise the valves c and cut off the flow of gas.

I also employ pilot burners comprising tubes h which are connected with the valve couplings b4 outside thereof or between said couplings and the nozzles b with which, in practice, a iieXible gas supply tube is oonnected, and said pilot burners extend inwardly and over the outer end portions of the burner tubes b and a constant fiame therel from is kept burning so as to ignite the main IOO IIO

body oi the gas when it is turned into the burner or burner tubes b. The pilot, burner or burner tubes, h are connected at their outer ends with the couplings b* by means of laterally directed tubular couplings or eX- tensions i connected with said couplings, but this result may be accomplished in any desired manner.

Although, I have shown and described two of the burner or burner tubes Z), and the iur nace or furnace casing, as provided With two chambers, it Willbe apparent that my improved apparatus may be limited to one set of these parts or any desired number thereof may be employed, and various changes in and modifications of the construction herein described may be made Without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacriiicing its advantages, and I reserve the right to make all such alterations therein as Jfairly come Within the scope of the invention.

Having fully described my invention, What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A soldering iron heater, comprising a furnace having a chamber open at one end and provided at said end With a projecting table, a burner tube placed in the bottom portion of said chamber and ranging longitudinally thereof, a Bunsen burner attachment placed beneath said table and connected With the burner tube and adapted to supply gas and air thereto and provided With a vertically movable valve, automatic devices ior raising said valve so as to cut off the supply of gas, and a door pivoted in said table and resting on the top oi said valve and adapted to be depressed by the handle oi' a soldering iron and open said valve when the iron is placed in the Jfurnace chamber, said Bunsen burner attachment being also provided With a hand operated valve.

2. A soldering iron heater, comprising a furnace having a chamber open at one end and provided at said end With a projecting table, a burner tube placed in the bottom portion of said chamber and ranging longitudinally thereof, a Bunsen burner Vattachment placed beneath said table and connected With the burner tube and adapted to supply gas and air thereto and provided with a vertically movable valve, automatic dovices for raising said valve so as to cut ol` the supply of gas, and a door pivoted in said table and resting on the top of said valve and adapted to be depressed by the handle of a soldering iron and open said valve When the iron is placed in the Jfurnace chamber, said Bunsen burner attachment being also provided With a hand operated valve, and with al pilot burner by means of which a constant small flame is maintained in the furnace chamber.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of the subscribing Witnesses this 7th day of January, 1907.

CHARLES SOMMER,

itnesses C. E. MULREANY, ALBERT W. GIBBs. 

